Vest Of Friends Podcast

Peter is a handsome writer, director, improvisor, comedian, and teacher. He has worked for The Second City, Canadian Improv Games, and TIFF. He does not work at being handsome. He just "has it". Recently, he was awarded a 2014 Canadian Comedy Award for "Bee Circus" on CBC Radio's The Irrelevant Show. Peter on Twitter peterstevensonline.com

Brandon is an alumnus of the Second City National Touring Company, the award-winning sketch collective The Sketchersons, and the Bob Curry Fellowship, through which he was selected to showcase in Chicago at the NBCUniversal & Second City Breakout Comedy Festival. Brandon’s TV credits include: writing and performing on This Hour Has 22 Minutes (CBC), and appearing on Odd Squad (PBS) and The Other Kingdom (DHX, Nickelodeon). You may have even heard him once or twice on CBC Radio’s Because News. In 2015 Brandon was named one of the Toronto Star’s “Entertainment Rookies of the Year.” Twitter Instagram

A New Brunswicker of Acadian extract, Marcel St. Pierre is now a Toronto-based actor, improvisor, comedian, author, writer and producer. Both of his books of short humorous fiction, cliché and wind go hitchiking and Vengeful Hank & Other Shortweird Stories were number one best-sellers on Amazon in their category. A sometimes familiar face on commercials and television, Marcel has also performed with sketch and improv groups like The Second City National Touring Company (Toronto), Canadian Comedy-Award winning Monkey Toast, and The Stand-Ins. He’s a multiple BDA/Promax advertising award-winner for his work as an on-air promo writer and producer. He and his work have appeared on The Comedy Network, Food Network, HGTV, History Channel, Teletoon, Treehouse TV, YTV and more. He was also part of the Canadian Screen Award (Gemini) winning team that produced CBC Television‘s The Morgan Waters Show. (Best Youth Program, 2007). He is the creator, producer, director and appears on two sketch comedy albums with Short

Dumpster Kids is a sketch duo made up of two millennials, Erika Ehler and Becca Zwick. Their content tends to veer into the realm of current social issues, with their sketches often bordering on the surreal, while still being grounded in reality. They focus more on zany situations than zany characters, and overall have a more dry sense of humour. Dumpster Kids Facebook

Hunter Collins is North America's foremost nincompoop comedian. Some call him an "International Television Juggernaut" and others as "The King of Modesty", but most know him as that man who keeps asking them for the rest of their food. Originally from Montreal, this bilingual performer has graced the stage at countless illegal baby-fighting rings and festivals, including JFL42, The Halifax Comedy Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Icebreakers Comedy Festival. In addition to hosting the 18th annual Canadian Comedy Awards, Hunter has sexed it up big-time on MuchMusic's hit syndicated show Video On Trial and in a surprising amount of rural bus stations. Hunter is a graduate of the Comedy Writing & Performance program at Humber College, where he won the Mike Myers Award, which is given to the graduate who achieves the highest levels of performance and professionalism. He has also taken home a Canadian Film Festival People's Choice Award and plans to one day win some sort of award that has to d

Fuckboy definition from urban dictionary: “Asshole boy who is into strictly sexual relationships; he will lead a girl on and let her down” Tired of Netflix and chill, two friends in their mid-20s, ANA-MARIJA and JORDANNE, decide to take the carnage that is their dating lives into their own hands; to give the guys they date a taste of their own medicine. In a dating landscape where it always seems to be about competing to see who cares less, the two girls are the farthest thing from cool. They decide to change all this by becoming the stone-cold “Fuckgirls” they think they need to be to survive. Turns out it’s hard to do when you’re compassionate human beings with your own dating hang-ups. A tale of friendship and self-discovery. Fck Girls Twitter Fck Girls Instagram

Jon is a seasoned sketch and monologue performer best known for 5 years in The Sketchersons, 2 of which he spent as the troupe’s head writer. Jon wrote on four seasons of the CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes and made numerous on camera appearances – for that show Jon won a Canadian Comedy Award and was nominated for two WGC Awards and a Canadian Screen Award. In addition to touring last summer as a cast member in Sex T-Rex’s award-winning show “Swordplay”, Jon has also toured hsi own solo revue “I’m Only One Man,” As a solo sketch comedian Jon has been a repeat performer at JFL 42, Halifax Pop Explosion and NXNE, Jon is the host of the monthly variety show “Jonsday”, and the recipient of the prestigious Bag of Beer Award for best Newcomer at the 2016 Montreal Sketchfest (an award presumably named after his own body) Jon Blair Twitter Jon Blair clippings

The five members of Dame Judy Dench have been working together since 2012, each with a different performance background, giving the ensemble a distinctive voice. The Canadian Comedy Award nominated troupe takes on serious subject matter in the most absurd ways. Physical comedy is paired with dry wit as they test the boundaries of sex, existentialism, feminism, breakups, death and disaster. Their sketches navigate the strange and mundane, all while they try to be grownups. Dame Judy Dench on Facebook Dame Judy Dench on Twitter

DAN GALEA is a Toronto Based Comedian who hosts and produces a Variety/Talk Show at The Rec Room in Toronto called The DG Special Live!. He has done shows in Montreal, LA, New York and Vancouver. He has worked with some of the top names in Canadian and American Comedy Including Don Ferguson, Judah Freidlander, Will Sasso, The Kids in The Hall and many more. Dan Started off at the Humber School of comedy where he was voted funniest over-all by his peers. He was a founding member of The Sketchersons, Founder/producer/Head writer of the The Boom which had 4 years of sold out shows at the Supermarket in Kensington Market. Now Dan is currently the producer and creator of Primo. He’s been on tv too, on shows like Much Music’s Video On Trial, CBC/Comedy Central's Crawford, Cocktails, Rookie Blue, Cock’d Gunns, Comedy Bar (The Show) and Pure Pwnage! Dan Galea's website @TheRealDanGalea

Dirtbag Cousin (Austen Alexander and Will French) met while studying at the Humber Comedy Writing and Performance program. Austen Alexander is a working actor and filmmaker. He has starred in feature films (The Customer) and national television commercials (CIBC, Hershey’s, Under Armour, Starbucks). His film and broadcast television background gives his concept of comedy a unique approach. Will French is a stand up comedian who has performed at venues such as the Rivoli, the Stirling Festival Theatre, Factory Theatre, Comedy Bar, and various strip-mall sports bars across southern Ontario. His comedy has been featured on Sirius XM’s Canada Laughs and he was the 2016 Recipient of the Mark Breslin Award for Stand Up Comedy through Humber College. After the Humber College Industry Show the two recognized a mutual sense of humour between them despite their very different areas of expertise. They decided that they wanted to perform together regularly but they wanted a more simplified and stripped down sketch styl

Anne is a comedian, writer and teacher and has performed with companies across Canada and in the UAE including On The Spot Improv in Montreal, The Improv Guild in Calgary and The Courtyard Playhouse in Dubai. She can currently be found teaching, producing, and performing improv and sketch comedy across Toronto. Anne is a graduate of the Second City’s Conservatory Program and has trained with Keith Johnstone in Calgary, The Bad Dog Theatre in Toronto and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade in New York. Anne produces and hosts Toronto’s “Date Night Comedy: Totally Worth a Babysitter” (a NOW Magazine’s Critic’s Pick). Anne particularly loves working with youth & teens and has taught improv, TheatreSports and sketch comedy in Calgary, Abu Dhabi and Bolton. Most recently she directed The Country Day’s School’s first sketch comedy revue. She is a mom and highly skilled at stepping on Lego. Anne on Instagram Anne on Twitter VOTE FOR VoF FOR BEST AUDIO SERIES AT CANADIAN COMEDY AWARDS

Tony Ho are Toronto's dark comedy darlings. Their disturbing, compelling and hilarious approach to sketch has made them one of the most prominent comedy groups in the country. They are four-time Canadian Comedy Award nominees, have been showcased at the San Francisco and Toronto Sketchfests as well as JFL42 and NXNE. Their award-winning film work has been featured on Funny or Die, VICE, MuchMusic, Ain't It Cool News and at the L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival. TonyHo.com TonyHo on Twitter

The Two Sues quit their jobs as administrative assistances and set out on a journey of following their shared dream - of inspiring the world to quit their jobs and follow their dreams too! Through storytelling, personal experiences, music, mime, and a touch of cray-cray. The Two Sues will have you writing your resignation on a napkin before the show is over! The Two Sues on Comedy Coup The Two Sues on Twitter

Success 5000 is an Edmonton-based duo specializing in musical comedy. They have headlined every stand-up night in Edmonton, toured the country, performed on CBC’s The Irrelevant Show, and been featured in comedy festivals such as Vancouver Sketchfest, Toronto Sketchfest, Philly Sketchfest, Seattle Sketchfest, Sled Island and Improvaganza. They have released two full-length comedy albums: a studio recording entitled Laughcore, and a live album, We’ll Fix It In Post, recorded at the Sewing Machine Factory in Edmonton. Self-described as “musical comedy that doesn’t suck,” their songs blend absurd humour with biting cynicism. Reviews have praised their show for its “self-depreciating, nihilistic, and sarcastic humour that’s both current and genuinely hilarious.” Success 5000 website Success 5000 on Facebook

The Making-Box Brigade is Guelph, Ontario’s own professional improv and sketch ensemble. Made up of fiercely funny friends, this troupe has a solid foundation in comedy and friendship. Together, they headline at Guelph’s premier Comedy Theatre and Training Centre for sold out audiences every Friday night. They’re also festival Darlings at Hillside and the Guelph Comedy Festival. It’s probably because they’re perfected the “cinnamon roll hug.” Toronto Sketch Fest profile Making Box Brigade website

Good Morning Apocalypse is a sketch comedy collective from Midland and Penetanguishene. Founded in 2015, they have produced sketch and improv shows across Ontario, (Coal Patrol, Toronto Sketchfest 2017, Toronto Fringe 2017 (selected as Patron’s Pick)) as well as radio plays, (“Silent Heist”) murder mysteries, (“Murder at the Seven Sins”) and web shorts, such as their recently completed short “The Beast,” which was awarded “Best Acting Ensemble” in the 72 Hour Horror Film Race hosted by filmracing.com. Most recently their film short film “Spoons” was selected as one of the top 16 in the world for the 48 Hour Film Project and will be screened in LA at the Director’s Guild of America in March. Most recently their Christmas comedy revue “Coal Patrol” was staged at the Midland Cultural Centre, hot on the heels of receiving the Culture Midland Award in the category of “Emerging Talent” for 2017. They are currently working on a Valentine’s Day Revue, entitled “Bad Dates” that will be staged at the Midland Cultural

Reid Stuart Gordon Brackenbury was born and raised in London, Ontario. He moved to Toronto at age 18 and enrolled in the Humber Comedy: Writing and Performance program. It was there he joined the sketch troupe Vest of Friends. He performed with them for over six years. They received high praise and won the Best of the Fest Award in Toronto and Montreal. He also produced and wrote a play that lost over 900 dollars and performed a failed one-man show involving Pokémon. Reid recently moved to Los Angeles for the weather, babes, and hunks. He completed the UCB Sketch & Improv program and performs stand-up regularly. Just last week he recently got funny...so you’re all screwed now! Reid on Twitter Reid on Instagram

The Flat Earth are Philly Improv Theater’s most senior sketch comedy team, pillars of Philadelphia’s flourishing comedy scene, and fan favorites of comedy festival audiences and fellow performers all across North America. The Flat Earth was awarded the Best New Troupe of the 2016 Montréal Sketchfest and runner-up for the Producer’s Pick of the 2016 Toronto Sketchfest. The Flat Earth on Instagram The Flat Earth on Twitter

Craig Lauzon is well known to television audiences as a comedic actor on AIR FARCE. He made his first appearance on AIR FARCE in October 2002, and became a regular in September 2004. His send-ups of Canadian political figures and cultural icons are spot-on and hilarious. Some of his most memorable characters have included Donald Trump, Stephen Harper and George Stroumboulopoulos.   Other television credits include The Guilt Free Zone, Fool Canada, The Ron James Show, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival and several voices on the animated series Beyblade and feature Beyblade: The Movie. Other recent stage credits include: Where the Blood Mixes (Theatre Aquarius), Thunderstick (Native Earth Performing Arts), King Lear (National Arts Centre) and Trudeau and Levesque (VideoCabaret).    Craig entered the alternative sketch comedy scene in 1996. In 1999, he was nominated for the Tim Sims Encouragement Award, and latched onto a regular role on The Comedy Network's Chez Carla. Next, he co-wrote and starred in "The Chick a

Ape Island is made up of three silly ‘80s babies, Adam McNamara, Léa Rondot and Guy Bradford. They hail from Toronto, Canada with hopes to delight you with their sometimes screwy and always joyful style of humour inspired by pop-culture of their youth. Come for the Apes, stay for the Comedy!! Ape Island on Twitter Ape Island on Instagram Ape Island featuring in the Toronto Sketchfest